Comet Esports Becomes the Newest Game in Town

Sept. 24, 2018UT Dallas launched an esports program this fall, complete with a newly constructed competition space and teams ready to play opponents in two games — “League of Legends” and “Overwatch.” read more

Arts School, O’Donnell Institute Unveil New Journal

Sept. 24, 2018The Athenaeum Review, designed to generate discussion and wide appeal, will provide reviews and commentary that highlight the arts at UT Dallas and beyond. read more

Scholar Offers Words of Wisdom as Spelling Coach

Sept. 24, 2018Chetan Reddy, who finished seventh in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2013, mentors young kids who want to excel in competitions through GeoSpell Academy, a company launched by his parents, both UTD alumni. read more

Study Links Sleep Apnea, Psychiatric Disorders

Sept. 20, 2018Dr. William Katz worked on a study that found that male military veterans who have a combination of post-traumatic stress disorder and mood disorders are more likely to experience the sleep condition. read more

New Professor Explores Circuits That Control Memory

Sept. 20, 2018Dr. Catherine A. Thorn, an expert on the neuroscience of memory, learning and habit formation, has joined the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences. read more

Blackstone LaunchPad Director Wins Tech Award

Sept. 17, 2018Bryan Chambers was honored with a Tech Titans award for his work with the UT Dallas Seed Fund, which invests in technology startups founded by students, faculty, staff, alumni and other affiliates. read more

Researchers Assess Pollution Risk with New Method

Sept. 17, 2018A team from the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences applied spatial autocorrelation to examine how closely air pollution levels and allergic diseases were related in smaller geographic areas of Seoul, South Korea. read more

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• UT Dallas to Test Campus Warning System Oct. 3 
• Popular Stories
• Study Connects Sleep Apnea with Multiple Psychiatric Disorders in Men read more
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• In Print & On Air
• “There’s a cancer that is slowly eating at the fabric of our society. … It’s indifference. Indifference is difficult to root out.”
  Dr. Timothy Bray,
  the director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas
  — Plano Profile
• “Now we are able to use these algorithms to learn lots of different images of a face and map all of those wildly different images onto a single identity.”
  Dr. Alice O’Toole,
  Aage and Margareta Møller Endowed Professor
  — KERA-FM
• “Immigrants do not commit crime at higher rates than native-born Americans, and more immigration, in the aggregate, does not lead to more crime.”
  Dr. Alex Piquero,
  Ashbel Smith Professor of Criminology
  — The Dallas Morning News
• “The amount of time taken for officer-involved shootings can be long, and they are very in-depth and detailed.”
  Dr. Jon Maskály,
  assistant professor of criminology
  — NBC News
• “Our No. 9 ranking reflects our strong relationship with our industry advisors. They help us ensure we answer company needs by producing graduates who have the skills they require.”
  Dr. Shawn Alborz,
  director of the MS supply chain management and MS management science programs
  — Dallas Business Journal
• “Patients have to be advocates for their own health and know that they must contact their providers for answers.”
  Luba Ketsler BS’99,
  senior lecturer of economics
  — Los Angeles Times
• “The question is a good one, and yes, it will end eventually. I don’t believe any estimated time of death for plate tectonics.”
  Dr. Robert Stern,
  professor of geosciences
  — National Geographic